A British businessman has been accused of helping to organise the hijacking by
Somali pirates of the round-the-world sailors Paul and Rachel Chandler.

Mahad Nuur, 51, is named in a secret section of a United Nations report that
suggests the British Government has evidence that other British residents
are also involved in aiding the pirates.

The former minicab driver, from Lewisham, southeast London, has denied the
allegations that he helps to plan, direct and finance the notorious
Hobyo-Haradheere pirate gang, which terrorises shipping off the Somali
coast.

The pirates have been behind a spate of hijackings, including the Chandlers’
38ft